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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001117480-23-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001117480"
company_name: "CHIMERIX INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:33:44.685225+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimerix promotes Michelle LaSpaluto to CFO effective Dec 1, 2023; $405K salary, 40% bonus target

## Summary
- Michelle LaSpaluto, previously VP of Corporate Financial Planning & IR, named CFO effective December 1, 2023.
- Base salary of $405,000 per year; discretionary annual bonus target of 40% of base salary.
- Granted option to purchase 17,000 shares vesting monthly over four years at grant-date closing price.
- Severance under Officer Severance Benefit Plan: 12 months base salary, COBRA, and accelerated vesting tied to change-of-control.
- LaSpaluto has over 25 years of financial experience; joined Chimerix in 2011.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001117480-23-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001117480
- company_name: CHIMERIX INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117480/000111748023000030/0001117480-23-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117480/000111748023000030/cmrx-20231129.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001117480-23-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001117480-23-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001117480-23-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michelle LaSpaluto changed role as Chief Financial Officer at CHIMERIX INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 29, 2023, the Board of Directors of Chimerix, Inc. (the “Company”) promoted Michelle LaSpaluto to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective December 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1117480/000111748023000030/0001117480-23-000030-index.htm

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